[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 155 (Thursday, August 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53131-53132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19070]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14795-000]


Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications; 
Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.

    On July 26, 2016, Shell Energy North America (US), L.P., filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Hydro 
Battery Pearl Hill Project (Pearl Hill Project or project) to be 
located on the Columbia River and Rufus Woods Lake, near Bridgeport, 
Douglas County, Washington. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, 
if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license 
application during the permit

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term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to 
perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or 
waters owned by others without the owners' express permission.
    The proposed pumped storage project would consist of the following: 
(1) 215-foot-diameter, 40-foot-high corrugated steel tank (upper 
reservoir) having a total storage capacity of 29 acre-feet and a usable 
capacity of 26.7 acre-feet; (2) 6,025-foot-long, 36-inch-diameter steel 
and high density polyethylene penstock extending between the upper 
reservoir and the pump/turbines below; (3) 400-foot-long, 100-foot-
wide, 40-foot-deep polyurea membrane stretched over a framed plastic 
structure (lower reservoir) having a total storage capacity of 29 acre-
feet and a usable capacity of 26.7 acre-feet; (4) 80-foot-long, 50-
foot-wide pontoon barge floating on Rufus Woods Lake containing: Two 
Pelton turbine-motor/generator units rated for 2.5 megawatts each at 
1,310 feet of net head; up to 8 pumps; and a substation; (5) an 
overhead 2,500-foot-long, 24.9-kilovolt transmission line extending 
from the project substation to an existing distribution line owned by 
Douglas County Public Utility District (the point of interconnection); 
and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the 
Pearl Hill Project would be 10.9 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Brian Johansen, Vice President Power Trading 
West, Shell Energy North America (US), L.P., 601 W. 1st Ave., Suite 
1700, Spokane, Washington 99201; phone: (509) 688-6000.
    FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, email: [email protected]; phone: 
(202) 502-8074.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14795-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14795) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: August 4, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-19070 Filed 8-10-16; 8:45 am]
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